Articles tagged "Feature phones"

Counterpoint Research issued its aggregated report on the smartphone market in Q3 of this year a month ago, but now it's ready to share a some more detailed breakdowns and in somewhat prettier charts...

Vertu was the luxury phone brand that delivered hand-made bespoke phones for the few that could afford them before facing a sudden drop in consumer interest and eventually going under. The last time...

The first official image of the new Nokia 8000 4G has slipped out along with additional details about its design and features. First off, if you were expecting a slide-out keypad cover (a trademark...

The Nokia 6300 and 8000 are coming back and rumor has it that they will be KaiOS phones that bridge the gap between old featurephones that inspired them and modern smartphones. Both will be 4G LTE...

Rumor has it that HMD Global has plans to resurrect two classic Nokia models, the same way it brought back the legendary 3310 and 8110. This time around the company is hoping to stir up nostalgia...

Monitoring your health is always important, now perhaps more than ever. To make that a little easier, Lava introduced a featurephone with a built in heart rate and blood pressure sensor. The...

Lava introduced two new versions of its A5 and A9 feature phones well as ProudlyIndian Edition of its Z61 Pro smartphone. The latter was launched last month and boasts a 5.45-inch LCD, 8MP primary...

Here’s a blast from the past – an unreleased prototype of a Sony Ericsson Walkman flip phone has surfaced on eBay. It’s fully working too, here’s what could have been. The Sony Ericsson W707...

HMD has added two new affordable featurephones to its lineup with the Nokia 125 and Nokia 150. Both feature 2.4” QVGA screens, simple clean polycarbonate designs and promise long-lasting batteries....

The Nokia 150 was the very first phone that HMD announced after rescuing the brand from Microsoft. Now there’s a new version on its way along with a Nokia 125. News of these new feature phones...

The small yet sturdy Nokia 105 (2019) was announced two weeks ago by HMD Global and it's finally out today in select markets costing just €13. Juho Sarvikas, Chief Product Officer at HMD,...

We get new smartphones frequently these days but every now and again a new feature phone drops. Today we even got two, as HMD announced a couple of simple, affordable handsets - the Nokia 220 4G and...

Energizer phones typically make the headlines with 18,000mAh batteries, but Avenir Telecom (the maker behind the brand) also makes simple phones that just work. We don’t know the official story, but...

The Nokia 8810 4G got WhatsApp in India earlier this month, and now this "Banana Phone" is getting support for the messenger and Facebook globally with the latest update. HMD Global is seeding a...

HMD is preparing a new Nokia featurephone, a Series 30+ handset rather than Kai OS or other. It has a nice ergonomic shape (plus, it’s feather light at 83.6g) and with a 1,020mAh battery should last...

You’ve probably heard about Caviar and its puzzling devices like a Nokia 3310 with the faces of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin carved in gold, or a Samsung Galaxy Note9 with 1 kg pure gold on its...

Oppo is a major smartphone maker both in its domestic market and around the world. Today it celebrated 10 years in the business with a neat Weibo post, going back through its most memorable devices...

Counterpoint revealed in its latest phone market report that the feature phones are on the rise for a fourth consecutive quarter. Meanwhile, smartphones sales have been on the decline for the same...

HMD has refreshed two classic Nokia feature phones – the Nokia 106 and Nokia 230. Simplicity is key here, but the 106 features several improvements. The 230 just gets new colors. The Nokia 106 is...

The retro Nokia 8110 4G has launched in India, fashionably late. The phone sells for INR 6,000 on Nokia.com, that’s $82/€72 (the same as in Europe). It’s available in Black and Yellow (this is the...